The move would make Rovio one of Europe’s few digital-only developers to be publicly-funded. It would also make the Angry Birds creators one of the only mobile games developers in the world to have its shares traded on the stock market.

However, market turmoil across the US and Europe has resulted in a global sell-off of less-than-certain shares. The trader panic has ripped through the games industry, with game publisher valuations falling sharply.